Hello everyone,
I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl 10 days ago. So far I've managed to breastfeed her (I'm proud because I didn't get this far with my son). I've got through the sore nipple pain, and now when she feeds I get this horrible feeling. I can't really describe it other than I become very aware of the plumbing inside me, and it feels like she's trying to suck out my insides when she latches on. The only thing I can compare it to is that horrible feeling you get just before you get pins and needles. It makes my toes curl and it's actually worse than the pain.
I spoke to my midwife today and she said it sounds like the "let down"? I don't really know what this is - is this feeling permanent? I've been sitting in tears because I was feeding my baby earlier and when she latched on I cried out and then sat and cried through the feed. It's horrible.
Is there anything I can do to make this stop? Will paracetamol help? I don't know what else to do, and it's that bad I've already started eyeing up the emergency SMA I bought while I was pregnant. I know I sound pathetic when it's not actual pain.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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MissusCT · 17/07/2011 19:56
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